Improvement in corn-poppers



NA. F. cuRT|s & o'. N. PALMER. Corn-Popper.

No. 06,68027 l Patented M.ay14,1s72. I I

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IMPRovMEN-r IN coats-POWERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 126,680, dated May 14, 1872.

Specication describing a new and useful Improvement in Corn-Poppers, invented by ALBERT F. CURTIS and ORIN N. PALMER, of

Delaware, in the county of Delaware and State of Ohio.

In our invention we arrange short wires to clasp and hold the head of the cylinder, and lon g wires to pass around and support the same, as well as form ithe hinge and catch of thecover, all the wires being confined or held together by a rin g, all as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure lis a longitudinal central section of the device taken on the line m w of Fig. 2.- Fig. 2 is a crosssection on the line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectionof the handle on the line z z of Fig. 1.

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A is the corn-popping vessel, it being a cylinder made of wire-cloth or perforated metal with tight heads of tin or other sheet metal. One head, vB, is stationary, while the other head C is hinged, so as to open and close and be fastened. D is the handle, which may be of Wood or metal, and of any desired length. The handle is connected with the cylinder A by means f wires E and F, the ends of which lap onto the handle, as seen in Fig. 1, when they are fastened by the sliding ferrule G. The ends of the wires are turned and pointed so thatthey take hold of shoulders `in the handle, and when pressed down, as seen in Fig. 1, the fastening is complete. These wires may extend out from the head any required indicate corredistance. The wires E are bent so as to clasp Vand hold the head B to the cylinder, as seen through the band K at the end ofthe cylinder,

and through a narrowr radial slot, which is made in the cover O, near its edge. The hook projects beyond the surface of the cover and catches on the same at the inner edge of the slot, as shown, the spring or elasticity of the wire on whose end the hook is formed, serving to retain it in this position. Thus the cover is held or clamped upon the ring K. To release or nnfasten the cover thewire is pushed outward, which throws the hook J into the slot and allows the caver to rise. Directly beneath the head Rall the wires are brought nearly in contact with each other, where they are confined by the ring L.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Paten t- The short wires E applied to the head of the cylinder, and the long wires F passing around the same and forming the hinge I and catch J of the cover C, said wires being clasped by the rings Gr L, all as shown and described. y

ALBERT F. CURTIS.

'ORIN N. PALMER.

Witnesses: v

D. HUMPHREYS, GEO. Boor. 

